Exxon Mobil Corp. won't appeal a decision to pay interest in the lawsuit over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the company owed $507.5 million in damages plus interest, starting in 1996. The total award will come to about $1 billion.

Alaska Natives will only get a small portion of the award. According to The Anchorage Daily News, villages and corporations are entitled to 4.6 percent of the judgment.

Get the Story:
Exxon agrees to pay spill penalty interest (The Anchorage Daily News 6/30)

9th Circuit Decision:
Baker v. Exxon Mobile (June 15, 2009)

Supreme Court Decision:
Syllabus | Opinion [Souter] | Concurrence [Scalia] | Concurence/Dissent [Stevens] | Concurence/Dissent [Ginsburg] | Concurence/Dissent [Breyer]

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